Come out & support us, we'll make up for men: WI women's team

After the disappointing exit of their male counterparts from the Twenty20 World Cup West Indian womens cricketers said they are determined to make up for the men teams poor show but what they need is overwhelming support from the cricketcrazy Caribbean people Even though Chris Gayles men crashed out in the Super Eight stage of the mens tournament West Indian eves will take on the inform New Zealand in the second semifinal of the Womens World Twenty20 here tomorrow Keeping in mind the huge task at hand allrounder Stafanie Taylor has urged the countrymen to come out in numbers to support them We would love the people of the West Indies and in particular St Lucia to come out and support us on Friday said Taylor We need the support and I can promise that we will give everything we have in an effort to get to the final We want persons to come along in big big numbers and bring their cheers just as they would for the guys The cricketcrazy Caribbean people who saw their mens team being bulldozed by Australia before being knocked out of the tournament on Tuesday have been reminded by Taylor that the region still has a team left in the event We will be spurred on by persons shouting and cheering us along the way It will make a big difference and would mean a lot to all of us the Jamaican added The 18yearold also feels that the cricket being played during the womens tournament is of very high standard and the people coming in to watch them play would be impressed by the quality of efforts I think people will be surprised by how good womens cricket is these days We train hard we play hard and there is a lot of talent in the West Indies It wont be easy playing against New Zealand because they have some good players They will come hard at us and we must respond in the same way It will be hard cricket against hard cricket and it should be good to watch said Taylor Though Taylor hopes of making it to the grand Finale on Sunday she is wary of the powerful opponents in the semis and hopes the crowd would be their twelfthman on the play field In an initiative designed to promote womens cricket the semifinals and final of the womens section run as doubleheaders with the mens equivalent with the matches being televised live around the globe The first semifinal takes place at Beausejour Cricket Stadium here today between Australia and India The following day Taylor and her teammates would take on the White Ferns at the same venue and possibly give the home crowd something to cheer about